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Definition: GABA |
GABANoun1. An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system; acts as an inhibitory neurotransmitter. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | The most common inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
GABA | Dutch | Gamma-aminoboterzuur | Chemistry, Medicine |
GABA | English | Gamma-aminobutyric acid | Chemistry, Medicine |
GABA | Finnish | Gamma-aminovoihappo | Chemistry, Medicine |
GABA | French | Acide gamma-amino-butyrique | Chemistry, Medicine |
GABA | Italian | Acido gamma-aminobutirrico | Chemistry, Medicine |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: GABASynonym: gamma aminobutyric acid (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: GABA |
| English words defined with "GABA": diazepam ♦ Valium. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "GABA": 3-Mercaptopropionic Acid ♦ 4-Aminobutyrate Transaminase ♦ Allylglycine, Amino Acid Neurotransmitters, Aminobutyric Acids ♦ Baclofen, beta-Alanine ♦ Chlormethiazole, Clonazepam ♦ GABA Agents, GABA Agonists, GABA Antagonists, gamma-vinyl GABA, Glutamate Decarboxylase ♦ Pentylenetetrazole ♦ Receptors, Amino Acid, Receptors, GABA, Receptors, GABA-A, Receptors, GABA-B. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "GABA" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Papiamen (commend, laud, praise), Turkmen (cumbersome, unweildy). |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | GABA works by decreasing brain activity. (references) | |
CNS depressants slow brain activity through actions on the GABA system and, therefore, produce a calming effect. (references) | ||
GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) is called an inhibitory neurotransmitter because it tends to make cells less excitable. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "GABA" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "GABA" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 50% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (singular) | 40% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (common) | 10% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 10 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "GABA" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Gaba | Last name | 200 | 40,704 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "GABA": GABA Agents ♦ GABA Agonists ♦ GABA Antagonists ♦ GABA Modulators. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "GABA": GABA-B, gaba-mediated. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
gaba | 598 |
gaba side effects | 19 |
gaba receptor | 12 |
gaba information | 12 |
gaba supplement | 11 |
gaba receptors | 11 |
gaba and anxiety | 11 |
gaba amino acid | 10 |
gaba loss weight | 5 |
gaba neurotransmitter | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "gaba"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | abagay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Nehemiah Chapter 7, Verse 30 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Viri Rama et Geba sescenti viginti unus |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The men of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The men of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred and twenty one. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred and twenty-one. |
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| Language | Nehemiah Chapter 7, Verse 30 |
| Bulgarian | Мъже от ама и от "ава, шестстотин и двадесет и един човека. |
| Cebuano | Ang mga tawo sa Rama, ug sa Gebaa, unom ka gatus kaluhaan ug usa. |
| Chinese | 拉 瑪 人 ' 迦 巴 人 、 共 六 百 二 十 一 名 ． |
| Croatian | ljudi iz Rame i Gabe: šest stotina dvadeset i jedan; |
| Danish | Mændene fra Rama og Geba 621, |
| Dutch | De mannen van Rama en Gaba, zeshonderd en twintig; |
| Finnish | Raaman ja Geban miehiä kuusisataa kaksikymmentä yksi; |
| French | les gens de Rama et de Guéba, six cent vingt et un; |
| German | der Männer von Rama und Geba sechshundert und einundzwanzig; |
| Hungarian | Ráma és Géba férfiai: hatszázhuszonegy; |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | (7:26) |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Orang Rama dan Gaba enam ratus selikur. |
| Italian | Uomini di Rama e di Gheba: seicentoventuno. |
| Korean | 라 마 와 게 " 사 람 이 육 백 이 십 일 명 이 " |
| Maori | Ko nga tangata o Rama, o Kapa, e ono rau e rua tekau me tahi. |
| Modern Greek | Ανδρες Ραμα και "αβαα, εξακοσιοι εικοσι και εις. |
| Norwegian | mennene fra Rama og Geba, seks hundre og en og tyve; |
| Portuguese | os homens de Ramá e Gaba, seiscentos e vinte e um; |
| Rumanian | oamenii din Rama wi din Gheba, wase sute douqzeci wi unu; |
| Russian | цЙФЕМЕК тБНЩ Й зЕЧЩ ЫЕУФШУПФ "ЧБ""БФШ П"ЙО. |
| Spanish | Los hombres de Ramá y de Geba, 621. |
| Swedish | männen från Rama och Geba: sex hundra tjuguen; |
| Thai | คนชาวรามาห์ และเกบา หกร้อยยี่สิบเอ็"คน |
| Ukrainian | людей з ами та Ґави шість сотень двадцять і один, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "GABA": gabardine, gabardines. (additional references) | |
Words containing "GABA": megabar, megabars. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-g" | |
-1 letter: aba, aga, baa, bag, gab. | |
-2 letters: aa, ab, ag, ba. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-g" | |
+1 letter: gamba. | |
+2 letters: airbag, ambage, baaing, bagass, bagman, dagoba, gambas, gambia, gasbag, gazabo, ragbag, ratbag, seabag. | |
+3 letters: abasing, abating, abigail, airbags, algebra, ambages, bagasse, baggage, bandage, bargain, barrage, beanbag, bisnaga, biznaga, cabbage, dagobas, fleabag, gabbard, gabbart, galabia, gambade, gambado, gambias, garbage, gasbags, gazabos, handbag, mailbag, mangaby, megabar, ragbags, ratbags, sandbag, seabags. | |
+4 letters: abashing, abigails, ablating, ablegate, abnegate, abrading, abrogate, agitable, algaroba, algebras, arguable, arguably, badinage, bagasses, baggages, ballgame, ballyrag, bandaged, bandager, bandages, bangtail, bargains, bargeman, barogram, baronage, barraged, barrages, beanbags, bigarade, bisnagas, biznagas, braggart, brakeage, brassage, breakage, bregmata, cabbaged, cabbages, cabotage, cambogia, fleabags, gabbards, gabbarts, gadabout, gainable, galabias, galabieh, galabiya, galbanum, gambades, gambados, gambusia, gangbang, garbages, garbanzo, garboard, gazaboes, glabella, glabrate, gnawable, gradable, grayback, grazable, handbags, hangable, landgrab, mailbags, mangabey, megabars, rutabaga, sabotage, sambaing, sandbags, shagbark, tagboard, vagabond. | |
+5 letters: ablegates, abnegated, abnegates, abnegator, abrogated, abrogates, agreeable, agreeably, algarobas, algarroba, algebraic, arabizing, arbitrage, backstage, badinaged, badinages, bafflegab, bagatelle, balancing, ballgames, ballyrags, balsaming, bandagers, bandaging, bandwagon, bangtails, banjaxing, bargained, bargainer, barograms, barograph, baronages, barraging, barrelage, bigarades, braggarts, brakeages, brannigan, brassages, breakages, caballing, cabbaging, cablegram, cabotages, cambogias, carpetbag, crabgrass, embassage, fatigable, gabardine, gadabouts, galabiehs, galabiyas, galbanums, gambadoes, gambusias, gangbangs, garbanzos, garboards, garibaldi, getatable, glabellae, glabellar, gleanable, grandbaby, grantable, graspable, graybacks, graybeard, grazeable, guayabera, harborage, landgrabs, laughable, laughably, mangabeys, mangabies, navigable, navigably, rutabagas, sabotaged, sabotages, saddlebag, shagbarks, sleazebag, stageable, tagboards, unbandage, vagabonds. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 41 42 41 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--. .- -... .- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01000001 01000010 01000001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G A B A |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0041 0042 0041 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)41353635 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Names: Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Bible Trace 12. Abbreviations | 13. Acronyms 14. Derivations 15. Anagrams 16. Orthography | 17. Bibliography |
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